If it's new on the web site, you'll find it on one of our announcement pages! Different topics will be of interest to you throughout your Marine's career. Chose from the categories of Marine Parents' web sites to the right. The most recent announcements will be at the top.

Warriors Need Your Votes!Added March 26, 2015

A couple weeks ago, we shared a story about a group of stylists at United Hairlines in Chicago who recently held a fundraiser on our behalf and raised $2,700. Now, the same group has entered a contest to have the chance to win $10,000, which they will donate to our Warrior Support Team outreach program if they win. And we need you, the Marine Parents family, to help make that happen!

Warriors need your votes! Click here to learn how you can help the Warrior Support Team win $10,000 today!

Join the Team!Added March 12, 2015

Tomorrow, March 13, the registration lottery for the 40th annual Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) will open at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. Last year's MCM sold out in only two hours, so spots go fast. For those who would like to run in the MCM and aren't able or choose not to register during the lottery, sign up to run with Team Marine Parents!

For the third straight year, TMP is a charity partner of the MCM, meaning you can buy a bib from us without having to go through the lottery process. This year we have 50 bibs available at a cost of $130 per bib.

On Monday, February 23, 2015, all Active Duty and Reserve service members will have the first opportunity to register for the 2015 MCM. Beginning at 12:00 pm (Eastern Time). There are a limited number of entries available, but those who take advantage of this opportunity will receive a 15% discount, paying only $106.25.

We would like to thank all of our Team Marine Parents and TMP supporters for helping make the 2014 racing season a success! Months of hard work, determination, and blood, sweat, and tears culminated Sunday, October 26, in the 39th running of the Marine Corps, or "People's", Marathon.

At this time, Team Marine Parents still has 23 bibs available for the 2014 Marine Corps Marathon. Each bib costs $110 and requires you to join Team Marine Parents and pledge to raise $500 for the Marine Parents outreach program of your choice (one of the smallest minimum fundraising requirements among all Marine Corps Marathon charity partners).

MarineParents.com is honored to have been accepted as a 2014 Marine Corps Marathon Charity Partner. If you would like to have the chance to run the Marine Corps Half Marathon as a part of Team Marine Parents (TMP), please register now as a TMP participant. REGISTERING FOR TMP DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RUN IN THIS RACE.

The race is being held on May 18, 2014 in Fredericksburg, VA. If you would like to run in the Marine Corps Half Marathon as a part of TMP, select that event on your TMP registration form. We have 25 bibs available for this race and they will be distributed on a first-come first-serve basis. If you are interested in Participating in the Half Marathon please click the link below, registration is $65 per runner.

Team Marine Parents™ is happy to announce that we have sold out of TMP bibs for the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon. Bibs for the marathon went on sale on March 27, and all 30,000 sold out in just 2 hours and 27 minutes. However, as an official 2013 Marine Corps Marathon Charity Partner, Team Marine Parents was given 25 additional bibs for the race. To run with TMP, individuals had to pay the standard $99 registration fee and commit to raising $300 in charitable donations for TMP. We look forward to seeing TMP participate in the MCM on October 27 in Arlington Virginia!

Team Marine Parents™ Participants Benefit MarinesAdded July 24, 2012

Team Marine Parents™ is made up of teams of people who participate in walks, runs, marathons, bicycling, triathlons, swimming, motorcycle runs and other events nationwide. The goal of Team Marine Parents™ is to promote awareness of supporting our troops in communities across the United States through participation in and donations to MarineParents.com support programs...

April 21, 2012 Packing Day for The Care Package Project™Updated March 29, 2012

Our next Care Package Project™ pack day here at MarineParents.com, Inc., is April 21, 2012, at the warehouse connected to our Columbia, Missouri, headquarters. Volunteer registration opens March 29 for individuals and groups, and you must register to attend.

Get ready to rock with the Marine Corps June 11-17, 2012 in the nation’s capital of Rock and Roll! The weeklong event, which celebrates community, country and Corps, is free and open to the public, making it a great way to connect with our heroes.

Marine Corps Marathon sold out, but run 10k insteadAdded March 13, 2012

If you didn’t secure your spot in the October 28 Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Virginia and Washington D.C., you’re not alone – but fear not. You still can enter the 10-kilometer race held the same day, which winds through the nation’s capital and ends at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Rosslyn, Virginia. Registration for the 10k begins April 4.

A poolee is an individual who has already signed up to become a Marine but has not yet left for the 13 weeks of recruit training at boot camp. Every spring, Marine Corps recruiting stations around the United States hold "Poolee Night" to bring poolees and their parents together to learn what to expect and how to prepare for boot camp. Parents of recent graduates and parents whose sons and daughters are currently in bootcamp can lend support and share information with the newest group of recruit parents. To help facilitate this sharing of information, the Corps Kit: Poolee Party kit is available for free.

The staff of Marine Parents formed their very own team to participate in Team Marine Parents™ and to accomplish a two-part mission. The first objective was to raise money and awareness for the LCpl Leon B. Deraps Memorial Scholarship Foundation. The second goal was to get involved in the community and support a local event by walking in the 2nd Annual LCpl Leon B. Deraps Memorial run/walk/ride on May 8, 2010.

Read about the day’s event and the team’s fundraising success, Click here…

Give One Minute a Day for Wounded WarriorsAdded April 1, 2010

Attention Marine families and supporters! WE NEED YOUR HELP!

The Marine Parents outreach program, Purple Heart Hero Support™, is in the running for a $250,000 Pepsi Refresh Project grant and we need your vote to win the competition!

With the Pepsi Grant, we will be able to turn our 200 meals a year served in 2 hospitals into 20,000 meals served a year in 4 hospitals. There are many great ideas out there, but who could be a more worthy recipient than our Wounded Warriors and their families?

Team Marine Parents™ participated in the Marine Corps Marathon and 10K in Washington D.C. on October 25th and the event was a huge success! A grand total of $8,807 was raised for Marine Parents outreach programs by twenty one enthusiastic participants from several different states across the nation.
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Signs Show Support in MilwaukeeAdded October 12, 2009

On October 4th, Nancy Norcisa was the lone Team Marine Parents™ participant at the Lakefront Marathon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

This Marine Mom trained all summer to prepare for the 26.2 mile challenge and her friends made some great signs to show their support. Through her dedication, Nancy not only finished the race - she also collected donations for The Care Package Project™ as part of her participation in Team Marine Parents™.
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4th Annual Jerabek Memorial ChallengeAdded August 25, 2009

On Saturday August 9th, 2009, Team Marine Parents™ participated in the 4th Annual Jerabek Memorial Challenge in Hobart, Wisconsin. The rainy weather could not dampen spirits nor keep the participants away. The Wisconsin Gold Star families in attendance were given gold star shaped helium balloons to release if they chose to.
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Team Marine Parents™ Participates in Camp Pendleton Mud Run and Quantico’s Run AmuckAdded July 20, 2009

Four Marine Moms braved these two events and collectively raised over $2,800 for Marine Parents outreach services. All four ladies exceeded their fundraising goals! Both Mud Run events are challenging running races with hills and obstacles such as river crossings, 5 foot walls with mud on both sides, tunnel crawls, slippery hill climbs, lots of mud pits and Marines with fire hoses!
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